Alexandra Danilova
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Arts
- Subcategories: Entertainment, Entertainers, Teaching, Teachers, Dance, Dancers, Dancing
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: An internationally acclaimed ballerina from the 1930’s to the 1950’s, Danilova carried on the traditions of classical ballet and helped bring them to the United States, where she worked as a master teacher from the 1960’s through the 1980’s.
Early Life
Alexandra Danilova was born in 1904 in Peterhof, a royal suburb of St. Petersburg. Details of her early childhood are somewhat sketchy: After their parents died, she and her younger sister Elena were shunted between their relatives and godparents before being placed in adoptive...
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